Praudhamanorama 60_357

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[On the gloss] “of the word mātra”: And its meaning is restriction (avadhāraṇa). Amara states: “mātra expresses entirety and restriction.” Tanmātram means 'only the nominal-stem meaning and so forth'; it is an analytical paraphrase using other words (asvapadavigraha) by means of the particle eva; the compound is formed by virtue of belonging to the mayūravyaṃsakādi group.
[On the word] kṛṣṇaḥ: Although this word, like the word designating the color blue (nīlarūpavat), depends on another substantive and has variable gender, nevertheless, in the sense of the Lord Vāsudeva, it is indeed of fixed gender; this is the meaning.
[On the word] jñānam: The affix lyuṭ is in the sense of the action (bhāva).
[On the example] “droṇaḥ” [in droṇo vrīhiḥ]: Nor can it be argued that let the nominative case be introduced here in the sense of the nominal stem alone; because, in that case, the relation of determined and determiner could not appear by way of a relation, due to the rule that between two nominal stem meanings there is only a relation of non-difference. Nor is there an exception in the bahuvrīhi which has the meaning of an oblique case, since a unified meaning is accepted [there]. Nor is there an exception regarding the meaning of an indeclinable, since they are accepted to be illuminators [of meaning]. Nor can it be argued that even in the established view, the connection of non-difference between the meanings of the base and the affix is difficult to obtain because it is not seen elsewhere; because it is indeed seen in secondary nominal affixes having the meaning of a deity and the like—this is the purport.